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TopicPrashant Bhushan

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Prashant Bhushan, Kapil Sibal, Nizam Pasha & others — key lawyers involved in electoral bonds case

Seasoned advocates to younger Bar members, several lawyers have appeared for petitioner Association for Democratic Reforms, respondent Union of India & intervenors. A look at who they are.

‘SEBI can’t draw on news reports’ — SC dismisses criticism of experts’ report on Adani-Hindenburg row

CJI says Supreme Court does not have to accept Hindenburg report accusing Adani Group of irregularities and corporate misgovernance as 'ipso facto factually correct'.

Former union minister and senior advocate Shanti Bhushan passes away at 97

Bhushan, whose sons Jayant and Prashant Bhushan are leading lawyers, served as the law minister from 1977 to 1979 in the Morarji Desai cabinet.

‘Nothing to fear if no hanky-panky’: SC asks govt for file on new poll commissioner’s appointment

We are living in open democracy, Justice KM Joseph tells Attorney General to demand details of procedure being followed to make appointments. Arun Goel had taken VRS on Friday.

Prashant Bhushan is my friend, but I am disappointed that SC didn’t try him for contempt

Let's examine some of the most damning questions posed by the affidavits. Was this not a historic chance for the Supreme Court to handle uncomfortable questions?

Photo of Murmu & RSS chief Bhagwat tweeted by Prashant Bhushan is two images morphed into one

In his tweet, the lawyer claimed that the photo was taken while NDA's presidential candidate visited RSS HQ in Nagpur. Two photos, taken at separate events, were merged into one.

Prashant Bhushan says Covid vaccines unsafe, Twitter marks his tweets as ‘misleading’

Bhushan said the "healthy young have hardly any chance of serious effects or dying due to covid. They have a higher chance of dying due to vaccines."

Prashant Bhushan regrets ‘error’ in tweet mentioning CJI Bobde sent out on 21 October

In his 21 October tweet, Prashant Bhushan had said that the CJI availed a special helicopter during his visit to Kanha national park while an important case was pending before him.

Will take back our streets, say Yogendra Yadav, Arundhati Roy, others on SC order on protests

Panel of eminent citizens, under the banner 'Concerned Citizens Collective', condemn Supreme Court ruling that states public places cannot be indefinitely occupied by protests.

Media ‘freely commenting’ on sub judice matters can cause damage, Attorney General tells SC

Attorney General K.K. Venugopal made his comments to a bench that had assembled to hear the 2009 contempt case against advocate Prashant Bhushan.

On Camera

If fundamental right to property can be taken away, so can all the others: AG Mulgaokar

If this step even partially achieves its desired results, there will be so much dislocation in the country’s economic structure as to prove a national calamity, advocate AG Mulgaokar wrote in 1969.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.